,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aa1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,bonamici 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,young
 of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4       
,schrader1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1  
,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4 ,speier1  
,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4     
,chu1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mrs4
 ,capps1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,lee of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4         
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,heck of ,washington1 and
 ,ms4 ,del,bene7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,administrator of the     
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration to provide certain funds

 to eligible entities for activities    
undertaken to address the marine debris 
impacts of the ,march #bjaa ,tohoku     
earthquake and subsequent tsunami1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,authority to  
provide funds  7a7 ,in general          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,administrator of the ,national
 ,oceanic and ,atmospheric              
,administration may provide funds to an 
eligible entity impacted by the covered 
marine debris event to assist such      
entity with the costs of any activity   
previously carried out1 being carried   
out1 or to be carried out to address the
 effects of such event4  7b7 ,funding   
,the ,administrator may provide funds   
under subsection 7a7 using any funds    
provided by the ,government of ,japan   
for activities to address the effects of
 the covered marine debris event4  7c7  
,definitions ,in this section1 the      
following definitions apply3  7#a7      
,covered marine debris event ,the term  
covered marine debris event means the   

events1 including marine debris1        
resulting from the ,march #bjaa ,tohoku 
earthquake and subsequent tsunami4  7#b7
 ,eligible entity ,the term eligible    
entity means any ,state1 local1 or      
tribal government4